Anti-virus/Firewall in Vista?

Can anyone recommend a good internet security suite for Vista? In XP, I used ZoneAlarm 7, but it seems to have problems in Vista. I don't much care for norton or mcafee as they take up too much resources. Any suggestions? Right now, I think Kaspersky would be the best, but I'm not sure about its firewall.

 

Well you can always download AVG. I love that anti-virus and it's free! As for a firewall you can get the free PC tools firewall. It's kinda for advanced users though. You could also just use the Vista firewall. It's what I currently use.

AVG: http://www.download.com/3000-2239_4-10726661.html


PCtools: http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

 

Firewall, if you have a router, you'll be fine. I wouldn't worry 'bout that. Windows Firewall does the trick

 

i use AVG free for my anit virus, and for the firewall i use the windows one and zone alarm 7.1 (for vista)

you can d/l ZA 7.1 Firewall for free Here

 

Use avast antivirus! Its free and works great.

http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10721010.html?tag=lst-4-2

AVG while some people love it has some issues. It oftens lets certain viruses through which has caused some controversy before also its proactive blockers aren't that great.

 

avast all the way
*pre boot scans
*email scans
*Resident Shield
*Backs Up Files BEfore A VIrus In CAse A Virus Every gets throught it replaces it with the backup.

its free only thing you need to do is once a year go to the site put in your email and they send you another key good for a year

 

I already have a key for Kaspersky (good for another 243 days), so I'm pretty sure I'm going to use Kaspersky for antivirus. My main concern right now is the firewall. I have ZoneAlarm 7.0 installed on my other XP machines, but it doesn't seem to be working in Vista, so I tried installing the 7.1 version. The 7.1 version, however, won't recognize my serial number and I don't want to buy another version just so I'll be able to use it on Vista. Right know, I basically have to decide between Kaspersky (the firewall included in the internet security suite), the free Zone Alarm version, and Norton Internet Security (I also have a key for that). Any suggestions?

 

http://www.9down.com/Comodo-Firewall-Pro-3-0-7-208-Beta-15051/

Comodo has been a great firewall through my xp years now in vista. They're official version 3 for vista hasn't been released but this is the beta. I have been using this so far and no problems. There were 2 alpha versions so no kinks or bugs that I have noticed. I know it looks sketchy but this was the only like I found that woudn't require you to join their forums and go through all that trouble. But then again some people have been complaining about bugs so its up to you. Its been a great free firewall for many years now.

Official Site :
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

 

Yeah, I use comodo for my windows xp. And if you're behind a router or a hardware firewall, I wouldn't worry too much; firewalls already mentioned are pretty good and will be enough...Assuming you've got good internet browsing habits

 

Is there anything special you have to do to activate a firewall in a router? Or is it just there...

 

I actualy think that the firewall built in vista is okay much better improvment then in Xp.

However i do believe the two major concerns are
Anti Virus
Anti Spyware

To combat this i personaly i use

Avast pro ~ free is just as good
Spybot Search and Destroy - supporting this software for quite some time =)
Routers normaly have a built in passive firewall to configure thous settings you just got to log into your router and change the ports you want to be opened and when also a DMZ can be established on your router if you want one specfic computer to override all your firewall settings

 

I have Windows Firewall turned on, and use AVG for virus and spyware protection. Its a free download and it works well without consuming much memory.

 

can anyone tell me how would comodo fare against zonealarm?

 

personally i have never heard of comodo, so ZoneAlarm would be the choice for me as ive used it before and like it... but thats just from a personal point of view really...

 

i used comodo for months but went back to zonealarm free. the zone alarm suit gave me too many problems but zonealarm free (just the firewall) is perfect. I combine that with norton antivirus corporate edition (from my university)